The protests against massive repatriation law were held peacefully yesterday in downtown Hong Kong.

As the protests ended without violence, China's justification for armed intervention in the Hong Kong affairs has disappeared, suggesting that the fierce conflict in Hong Kong will regain some stability.

The host organization, the Civil Rights Front, announced yesterday that 1.7 million people participated in protests against repatriation legislation in Victoria Park, nearby Tin Hau and Causeway Bay.

The Civil Rights Front is the group that led the massive demonstrations of 2 million people on the 16th of the month, as well as the demonstrations of 1 million Hong Kong citizens on June 9th.

The Civil Rights Front initially planned to march from Victoria Park to Central Charter Road, but in response to demands from the Hong Kong police, which had been banned by violent protests, they held a 'water-based rally'.

The water-based rally means that citizens participating in the rally in Victoria Park will stay in the meeting hall for 15 minutes and then exit to ensure that the rally proceeds like flowing water.

Secretary of Civil Rights, Chun Tzezeje, urged to make peace demonstrations at the rally yesterday, and the actual rally went smoothly.

Secretary Chen said, "To condemn the riots and violence of police and thugs and to accept our five demands." "If Minister Carrie Ram does not accept the five requirements, Hong Kong will be I'll push it to the road. "

The five requirements cited by the secretary-general were the complete removal of the repatriation law, the withdrawal of the protesters' mob rule, the unconditional release and arrest of the arrested protesters, the independent investigation of the police crackdown, and the administration's straightforward system.

The Hong Kong police were trying to avoid collisions with the demonstrators as they showed little on the scene, conscious of criticism of the recent crackdown on protests.

Hong Kong media reported that police deployed two water cannons on Hong Kong Island, but they were not put into the scene.

As the rally ended peacefully yesterday, Hong Kong's anti-repatriation weekend demonstrations were the first peaceful demonstrations in four weeks.

The protests against the repatriation law, which began in early June and celebrated 11th yesterday, have seen some protesters clash with police since last month.

In the protests over the weekend, injured women were arrested in the wake of police hardships, including a woman's right eye being blinded by the police's empty white case. As many as 149 people were arrested.

The protesters began taking control of Hong Kong International Airport for two days from December 12, causing `` air disruption '' in which 979 flights were canceled, raising concerns that China would be forced into the Hong Kong crisis.

Armed police from the People's Liberation Army have also been deployed up to 10 minutes from the border of Hong Kong.

Some protesters threw trash cans in police cars on overpasses, and police fired beanbags against them, but no further clashes.

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